1972 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 47-80
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuhisa Inao (47-80)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1972 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1972 season with a record of 47 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Lions tallied 439 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 598 runs. Mitsuo Motoi paced Nishitetsu with 20 home runs, while Masashi Takenouchi walloped 15 or more as well. Masashi Takenouchi recorded 46 runs batted in. Mitsuo Motoi led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .301. Osamu Higashio topped the team with 18 wins, plus Hajime Kato, too added 15 or more wins, too Akira Tanaka recorded a 2.39 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Aaron Pointer played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Nishitetsu Lions to do so.

Kazuhisa Inao served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Osamu Higashio	18	25	.419	3.66	55	41	9	13	2		309.7	313	152	126	37	110	6	171	12	4	1313
Hajime Kato	17	16	.515	3.95	48	31	10	8	2		246.0	220	117	108	33	137	2	114	9	3	1068
Akira Kawahara	5	12	.294	4.31	43	19	6	3	1		140.0	135	77	67	18	72	3	62	19	4	635
Akira Tanaka	3	5	.375	2.39	57	7	33	0	0		143.0	128	42	38	12	34	8	58	6	0	568
Satoru Miwa	2	5	.286	4.54	28	3	10	0	0		67.3	68	45	34	4	37	3	44	5	1	302
Tadaaki Sakaguchi	1	4	.200	4.63	28	13	4	1	1		70.0	80	41	36	10	36	1	29	0	1	313
Akira Takahashi	1	8	.111	6.68	20	11	5	1	0		67.3	97	58	50	13	24	1	13	2	0	310
Akira Izumisawa	0	0		6.00	2	0	1	0	0		3.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	12
Kunimitsu Sato	0	0		7.56	11	0	1	0	0		8.3	10	7	7	1	3	0	3	1	0	37
Yutaka Yanagida	0	1	.000	4.84	12	3	3	0	0		22.3	27	12	12	3	8	0	5	0	0	98
Kenji Toyoda	0	1	.000	4.95	21	1	9	0	0		36.3	43	22	20	3	18	2	8	2	1	164
Hiromi Nawata	0	1	.000	6.55	10	0	7	0	0		11.0	10	8	8	2	8	0	9	0	0	47
Hikoo Mochizuki	0	2	.000	8.79	15	1	6	0	0		14.3	21	15	14	2	10	0	5	1	0	73
Totals	47	80	.370	4.13	350	130	104	26	6	0	1138.7	1155	598	522	140	497	26	524	57	14	4940

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Mitsuo Motoi	128	538	459	64	138	18	3	20	43	25	10	70	51	.301	.393	.484	.877	222	8	2	4	3	6
Shojiro Kikukawa	116	440	381	40	105	13	1	6	27	16	7	30	23	.276	.344	.362	.707	138	9	10	19	0	0
Masayoshi Higashida	114	428	377	44	103	16	3	9	42	3	4	41	57	.273	.346	.403	.749	152	14	4	0	6	0
Yoshio Abe	120	404	360	45	92	20	1	7	26	6	1	17	48	.256	.315	.375	.690	135	8	15	10	2	0
Haruki Ihara	118	366	332	23	80	15	1	7	32	2	2	20	41	.241	.310	.355	.665	118	11	13	1	0	0
Masashi Takenouchi	95	336	294	33	70	8	1	15	46	4	7	29	47	.238	.327	.425	.753	125	8	11	0	2	1
Takuji Ota	99	286	268	30	67	11	2	12	36	3	5	12	55	.250	.285	.440	.726	118	5	2	2	2	0
Shinnosuke Kataoka	111	298	280	18	65	7	0	10	30	1	2	11	42	.232	.262	.364	.626	102	10	1	4	2	2
Takashi Takagi	93	240	215	14	61	6	0	3	30	0	2	21	9	.284	.342	.353	.695	76	5	0	0	4	2
Fumio Takahashi	102	225	212	26	54	10	2	1	12	7	3	10	18	.255	.291	.335	.626	71	2	1	2	0	0
Aaron Pointer	103	206	187	20	39	10	1	7	24	6	2	14	33	.209	.264	.385	.649	72	5	0	5	0	0
Kihachi Enomoto	61	190	163	11	38	6	0	1	14	1	0	25	16	.233	.342	.288	.630	47	4	2	0	0	1
Katsutoshi Miyadera	78	130	114	13	24	4	0	7	14	5	1	12	25	.211	.281	.430	.711	49	3	0	2	2	0
Shigeru Hino	50	91	86	10	22	5	0	2	11	4	5	3	21	.256	.278	.384	.661	33	1	0	1	1	0
Osamu Higashio	55	110	97	3	13	3	0	0	5	1	0	4	16	.134	.176	.165	.341	16	0	1	8	0	0
Kunizo Umeda	51	53	45	11	10	1	0	0	2	6	2	4	5	.222	.314	.244	.558	11	1	2	2	0	0
Hirofumi Ogawa	45	60	54	5	9	2	0	1	4	1	0	4	15	.167	.237	.259	.497	14	1	1	1	0	0
Hiromi Wada	44	44	40	3	8	0	0	0	7	2	0	3	3	.200	.250	.200	.450	8	2	0	0	1	0
Akira Kawahara	43	39	38	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	14	.184	.184	.289	.474	11	0	0	1	0	0
Tadaaki Sakaguchi	28	19	16	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.375	.625	6	0	0	3	0	0
Akira Tanaka	58	34	32	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.188	.312	6	1	0	2	0	0
Hajime Kato	48	80	64	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	33	.047	.141	.094	.235	6	1	0	9	0	0
Akira Takahashi	20	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tetsuo Yoneyama	30	35	33	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.061	.114	.061	.175	2	0	0	0	0	2
Yutaka Yanagida	12	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	2	0	0
Satoru Miwa	29	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	1	0	0
Toshiro Saisho	16	20	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	10	.053	.100	.053	.153	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yasutoshi Ono	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuo Kai	20	11	11	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ippei Kasuga	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Toyoda	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hirokazu Kato	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yuichi Kawano	11	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tokio Komatsu	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Kurata	11	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hikoo Mochizuki	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1959	4748	4236	439	1023	157	17	110	412	97	54	342	620	.242	.306	.364	.671	1544	99	66	79	25	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Takashi Takagi	1B	56					.000
Kihachi Enomoto	1B	45					.000
Aaron Pointer	1B	36					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	1B	29					.000
Toshiro Saisho	1B	4					.000
Hikoo Mochizuki	1B	1					.000
Satoru Miwa	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	128					.000
Akira Kurata	2B	4					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	2B	4					.000
Aaron Pointer	2B	2					.000
Kazuo Kai	2B	2					.000
Tetsuo Yoneyama	2B	1					.000
Kunizo Umeda	2B	1					.000
Haruki Ihara	3B	118					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	3B	28					.000
Kunizo Umeda	3B	20					.000
Tetsuo Yoneyama	3B	9					.000
Aaron Pointer	3B	2					.000
Shigeru Hino	3B	2					.000
Shinnosuke Kataoka	C	110					.000
Katsutoshi Miyadera	C	72					.000
Yuichi Kawano	C	9					.000
Hiromi Wada	C	2					.000
Masayoshi Higashida	OF	108					.000
Yoshio Abe	OF	104					.000
Fumio Takahashi	OF	74					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	71					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	OF	64					.000
Aaron Pointer	OF	51					.000
Hirofumi Ogawa	OF	8					.000
Toshiro Saisho	OF	4					.000
Akira Tanaka	OF	1					.000
Akira Izumisawa	OF	1					.000
Akira Tanaka	P	57					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	55					.000
Hajime Kato	P	48					.000
Akira Kawahara	P	43					.000
Tadaaki Sakaguchi	P	28					.000
Satoru Miwa	P	28					.000
Kenji Toyoda	P	21					.000
Akira Takahashi	P	20					.000
Hikoo Mochizuki	P	15					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	12					.000
Kunimitsu Sato	P	11					.000
Hiromi Nawata	P	10					.000
Akira Izumisawa	P	2					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	SS	107					.000
Shigeru Hino	SS	49					.000
Kunizo Umeda	SS	22					.000
Kazuo Kai	SS	11					.000
Tetsuo Yoneyama	SS	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1713	0	0	0	0	.000

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